Coast Guard: Pilot injured in Era helicopter crash at Norris Glacier
The Coast Guard is reporting that a helicopter has crashed near the Norris Glacier and the pilot, who was the only person on board, is injured.
The weird, wonderful world of Nome after Iditarod
For nearly a week, racers continue arriving ahead of the banquet that officially concludes each year's Iditarod. For some, that means days of free time. And plenty of fun, strange events to fill it. Listen now
Begich, Sullivan Meet At AFN Senate Candidate Forum
Candidates for U.S. Senate Dan Sullivan and Sen. Mark Begich met on-stage at the Alaska Federation of Natives Convention in Anchorage Friday.
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NTSB investigates ‘man, machine, environment’ in Friday’s plane crash near Juneau
Wreckage of a plane that went down Friday afternoon 18 miles west of Juneau was being picked up Sunday for further investigation by the National Transportation Safety Board.
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Presidential visit costs APD nearly $500k
APD police chief Mark Mew says the department had to buy new equipment, such as cement barricades to surround the Captain Cook Hotel, where the president stayed. Officers also had to undergo additional training, which included motorcade protection and riot control.
Alaska State Troopers settle abuse lawsuit
The State has settled a lawsuit filed by a man who claims a State Trooper brutalized him when he was arrested nearly five years...
Assembly approves expansion to Sitka Hospital’s clinic
Sitka Community Hospital is getting the office extension it asked for, but not without some big picture questions from the Sitka Assembly Tuesday night on how it will stay financially solvent into the future. Listen now
Broken partnership puts Juneau senior housing project in limbo
A partnership that was going to bring 41 units of low-income senior housing to Juneau has ended, leaving a Seattle-based developer with $9 million in funding and no land to build on.
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Alaska News Nightly: Friday, Aug. 19, 2016
Voters in one village were allowed to cast ballots in both primaries; Sitka brown bear mauling victim medevaced to Sitkoh Bay; Department of Defense strives to provide better, smarter military healthcare; is the Arctic ready for the Crystal Serenity?; 2 bank robbery suspects arrested at Anchorage airport; Denali bus employs hybrid technology; AK: Knowing the unknown; 49 Voices: Omega Smith of Anchorage
Alaska News Nightly: Tuesday, Feb. 18, 2020
The Recall Dunleavy campaign responds as the Governor's allies drop their Supreme Court appeal. Plus: public records offer a behind the scenes look at a controversial mining project. And, music students in Sitka learn to play songs with drawings.
Norton Sound Fishermen Reach $1 Million Mark
Laureli Kinneen, KNOM – Nome
Thanks to a change in eating trends and demand for safe, wild seafood after the Gulf Coast oil spill,...
Records list AG Treg Taylor as member of political group behind scathing attack ads
The ads, some labeled as satire, are targeted at many of the closest state House and Senate races.
Willow oil project approval intensifies Alaska Natives’ rift
Some say that oil money can’t counter the damages caused by climate change, but others defend the project as economically vital.
Fairbanks man sentenced for stealing $300K from nonprofit
A Fairbanks man has been sentenced to a year and half in federal prison for stealing from a nonprofit organization.
Forest Service Goes Into the Field to Collect Data
Lily Mihalik, KCAW - Sitka
This summer, as part of an ongoing project to document and preserve wilderness, the Forest Service is sending staff, scientists,...
Arctic’s Last Five Years Warmest Period on Record
A report out from the Arctic Monitoring and Assessment Program, of the Arctic Council, indicates that surface temperatures in the Arctic since 2005 have been higher than for any other five year period since records keeping began more than one hundred years ago.
John N. Marvin, Jr. Found Guilty In Hoonah Double Homicide
A jury of ten men and two women returned with guilty verdicts in the trial of John N. Marvin, Jr. A note from jury said they had reached guilty verdicts at about noon Saturday on two charges of murder in the first degree. That was for the deaths of Sgt. Anthony Wallace and Officer Matthew Tokuoka in Hoonah on August 28, 2010.
Norwegian Monarch Visits Alaska, Urges Action on Climate Change
The King of Norway visited Anchorage on Wednesday bearing a message of goodwill, and the message that climate change is a priority for all Arctic nations.
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After More Than 30 Years, The Mendenhall Valley Library Moves Out Of the Mall
Friday was the last children’s storytime at a Juneau library branch that’s been in the Mendenhall Mall for over 30 years. The days of checking out books and grabbing a slice of pizza are over because the branch is moving to a new location at the end of the month.
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RUNNING: State House, District 25 Anchorage
Mike Doogan (D), Harley Brown (L) and Thomas Higgins (R) are running for State House in District 25, Anchorage in Alaska’s General...